Internal supervisor does not belong in the lowest salary scale
Many internal supervisors have a role as teacher, but in practice they rarely teach. A separate position as an ib'er offers the prospect of better pay, but also less security.
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It is the to be or not to be of internal counselors (ibs): are their activities a task or a function? “The great majority have a position as a teacher with internal guidance as its task,” says Bianca Groen. She is a teacher in the Ib'er and Remedial Teacher course at Inholland University of Applied Sciences and has her own teaching practice bgrip.
Preference
The preferred position depends on the circumstances. An advantage of a position as an ib'er can be that you can only focus on that. A possible disadvantage is that you have to get out first during reorganisations, because you belong to the educational support staff. “With a position as a teacher you will lose your job less quickly if you shrink because an employer can put you in front of the class,” says Groen. As a teacher, you are also entitled to the binding allowance, a financial bonus at the end of your salary scale.
According to Groen, because of these advantages, IB'ers often choose a position as a teacher. “People in education like security; as a teacher you have good working conditions and your legal position is protected. You often have to apply for an IB position and years of service sometimes start counting again. ”
According to Groen, internal supervisors rarely teach in practice. “It is therefore strange that internal guidance is still seen as a task, while it is used as a function. Ib'ers who still have teaching tasks experience this as very stressful and heavy. ”
Educational support
Groen therefore advocates giving internal supervisors a function as educational support staff. “Internal supervision as a task implies that care coordination is comparable to tasks such as the celebration of Sinterklaas and the farewell to group 8, while the responsibilities are really different. Employers require a great deal of knowledge and skills and often require an IB graduate to follow a higher professional education or university degree. Then you can speak of a position in at least scale 10 or 11. "
Green teacher: “The basis of the work is managing healthcare. This concerns appropriate education, behavioral and learning disorders and knowledge of the care network. Communication is important: you regularly have bad news conversations with parents. Coaching of teachers is also important, so that care is properly carried out in the classroom. As an ib'er you are the linchpin of school care. ”
Fifty-fifty
That is why Groen thinks that also teachers with a position as teacher should be at least in scale LB. “At the moment many IB'ers are still in scale LA, the ratio is fifty-fifty”, estimates Groen. This is due to the function mix. “The requirement for an LB position is that you have at least 50 percent teaching duties. Some boards adhere to this neatly, others are less strict. ”
On the Facebook page of AOb internal supervisor Peggy Dornan (44) tells more about her work as an ib'er and what employment she has.
